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JohnnyMax
01-13-2014, 12:09 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/07/us/ncaa-athletes-reading-scores/

"A CNN investigation found public universities across the country where many students in the basketball and football programs could read only up to an eighth-grade level. "

hmm... Wonder why you choose those two sports.... Hmmm can't put my finger on it....

Blake
01-13-2014, 10:00 AM
In other news, water has been found to be wet

DUNCANownsKOBE
01-16-2014, 08:26 PM
College athletes don't actually receive a good college education?

This changes everything!

The Reckoning
01-16-2014, 08:44 PM
lol aggies

Thompson
01-16-2014, 09:29 PM
Did you watch the video? Just past the three-minute mark, "...like Texas, which said some athletes just don't try very hard..." A few minutes later "...and Louisville, which said entrance exams are just one factor considered when admitting a student athlete."

Lol Vince Young.

The Reckoning
01-16-2014, 10:12 PM
i didn't watch the video. i just knew if i'd chum the waters, they will come. i didn't realize they'd try to do research and pull out quotations though tbh.

DUNCANownsKOBE
01-16-2014, 10:59 PM
When Rick Perry said his plan was to hand the economy over to g:lold, was that something he learned at A&M? :lol

Blake
01-17-2014, 09:15 AM
Did you watch the video? Just past the three-minute mark, "...like Texas, which said some athletes just don't try very hard..." A few minutes later "...and Louisville, which said entrance exams are just one factor considered when admitting a student athlete."

Lol Vince Young.

http://malialitman.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/perrys-report-card.jpg

Lol Aggy cheer leaders

rjv
01-17-2014, 11:08 AM
probably says more about all the stupid people who kept voting for him all these years than it does for perry himself.

Blake
01-17-2014, 04:17 PM
probably says more about all the stupid people who kept voting for him all these years than it does for perry himself.

Texas: Good hair > good grades

Luckily that idiot got bumped out of the presidential primary quickly enough.

The Reckoning
01-20-2014, 03:44 AM
lol perry unsuccessfully trying to take down UT from within simply because he's an aggie who wants to :cry saw dem horns off :cry

Thebesteva
01-21-2014, 03:32 AM
Article should be retitled to blacks read at a 5th grade level

DUNCANownsKOBE
01-21-2014, 06:46 AM
probably says more about all the stupid people who kept voting for him all these years than it does for perry himself.

It says a lot for A&M that its alumni think that praying to god is the best available economic stimulus package :lol

Clipper Nation
01-25-2014, 02:26 AM
lol perry unsuccessfully trying to take down UT from within simply because he's an aggie who wants to :cry saw dem horns off :cry
:lmao